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The many lives of corruption : The reform of public life in modern Britain, <i>c.</i> 1750-1950

This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. It provides the first account that pays equal attention to the successes and limitations of anticorruption...

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Main Author: Cawood, Ian
Other Authors: Crook, Tom
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. It provides the first account that pays equal attention to the successes and limitations of anticorruption reforms, and the shifting meanings of 'corruption'
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781526150042